Cost-Effective Bulk Sterilization of Medical Products with New Linear Induction Accelerators

科学研究实验室（SRL）正在开发新的， 紧凑型直线感应加速器（LIA）技术， 为医疗器械的批量灭菌提供了许多优势 产品. 这些加速器是可靠的， 比静电或RF加速器便宜。 在 此外，SRL感应加速器可扩展到平均 电子束能量大于800千瓦的电子束功率 范围从5-10兆电子伏，提供平均100千瓦的 重复脉冲、高剂量率X射线通量。 实验研究计划与并行设计 将在I期进行研究。 一个实验来 证明医疗产品的有效灭菌， 计划从现有LIA进行高剂量率辐射。 在 此外，一项研究将探讨电子束传输和x- 用于产生均匀X射线辐射的射线靶设计 现场进行确定性灭菌实验， 在第二阶段进行。

Science Research Laboratory (SRL) is developing new, compact linear induction accelerator (LIA) technology which offers many advantages for bulk sterilization of medical products. These accelerators are reliable and significantly less expensive than electrostatic or rf accelerators. In addition, SRL induction accelerator are scalable to average electron beam powers of more than 800 kW at beam energies ranging from 5-10 MeV, providing an average of 100 kW of repetitively pulsed, high dose rate x-ray flux. An experimental research program and concurrent design study will be carried out for Phase I. An experiment to demonstrate efficient sterilization of medical product using high dose rate radiation from an existing LIA is planned. In addition, a study will explore electron beam transport and x- ray target designs for production of a uniform x-ray radiation field for a definitive sterilization experiment to be performed in Phase II.